US 12,273,669 B2
Railcar sensor communication system
Bharanikumar Ramasundaram, Flower Mound, TX (US); James W. Talley, Jr., Frisco, TX (US); Michael D. Rainone, Palestine, TX (US); Samuel A. Sackett, Frankston, TX (US); Taylor Z. Ramirez, Tyler, TX (US); Calvin Schlau, Winona, TX (US); Caleb N. Nehls, Tyler, TX (US); and Miles H. Scott, Richmond, TX (US)
Assigned to FREIGHTLUCID, LLC, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed by FreightLucid, LLC, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed on Dec. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/542,875.
Application 18/542,875 is a continuation of application No. 18/154,661, filed on Jan. 13, 2023, granted, now 11,849,266.
Application 18/154,661 is a continuation of application No. 17/023,540, filed on Sep. 17, 2020, granted, now 11,611,815, issued on Mar. 21, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/901,423, filed on Sep. 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0121537 A1, Apr. 11, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04Q 9/00 (2006.01); B61L 15/00 (2006.01); G16Y 20/10 (2020.01)
CPC H04Q 9/00 (2013.01) [B61L 15/0063 (2013.01); B61L 15/0072 (2013.01); G16Y 20/10 (2020.01); H04Q 2209/43 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A railcar monitoring system for monitoring one or more conditions associated with a railcar, comprising:
a railcar controller and one or more sensors disposed throughout the railcar and communicably coupled to the railcar controller;
the railcar controller configured to:
exchange data with the one or more sensors, wherein the one or more sensors are communicably coupled to the railcar controller via Bluetooth and wherein the data is exchanged between the railcar controller and each of the one or more sensors at a frequency higher than a reset time of a Bluetooth connection; and
transmit the data from the one or more sensors to a remote location.